Anastasia had ordered the dragons to create the sacred circle around them so that none of them would come to merge with him and make him stronger than he was.
Seraph's spirit was like that of a wounded animal. "Those demonic tattoos will never go!" he hissed.
"What do they say?" asked Anastasia as she sliced yet another tentacle.
He retracted and in a pained voice said,
"Of the wings and the shadows
Of the demons and the morrows
A warrior will rise
To end the hollows."
